zkLink Releases Whitepaper and Roadmap
zkLink has released the technical roadmap and the whitepaper, the latest documentation about zkLink ecosystem and infrastructure. Whitepaper covers protocol architecture, supported networks, security, tokenomics and more.
👉 https://blog.zk.link/introducing-zklinks-latest-whitepaper-the-future-is-zklinked-0115f4480f32
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades around $46K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in green zone:
Cardano +12.1%
Avalanche +10.5%
Ethereum +8.37%
Market capitalization: $1.84T (+2.97%)
The BTC dominance: 49.02% (-2.73%)
Fear & Greed Index: 76 (Extreme Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
Blockchain Brawlers (BRWL) +177%
Everscale (EVER) +85.8%
dogwifhat (WIF) +41.3%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Internet Computer (ICP): $42.10M
Optimism (OP): $4.03M
Moonbeam (GLMR): $2.63M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Finoa $15M strategic round led by Maven 11 Capital and Balderton Capital
Entangle $4M funding round with participation from Big Brain Holdings and Faculty Group
Ringfence $1.5M Seed round led by Morningstar Ventures and Rarestone Capital
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $121.4B
Aggregated Open Interest — $11.3B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
📊 13 Years of Bitcoin Monthly Returns
Bitcoin ranks among the highest-returning assets in history, yet it has also experienced significant declines. Since 2011, a total of 68 months have closed in the red zone, with the majority of these resulting in a price fall of less than 10%. In contrast, months closing in the green have been more frequent, totaling 88. Notably, 4 of these months exhibited gains exceeding +100%
👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/bitcoin
Top 10 Projects by TVL on Manta
Discover projects with the highest total value locked on Manta, the plug-and-play privacy-preservation protocol built to service the entire DeFi stack.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/manta-network
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades around $46K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in different directions:
Ethereum +3.32%
Avalanche -6.77%
Cardano -4.47%
Market capitalization: $1.79T (-0.69%)
The BTC dominance: 50.39% (-1.02%)
Fear & Greed Index: 73 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
Perpetual Protocol (PERP) +21.9%
Helium (HNT) +20.8%
Lido DAO Token (LDO) +19.5%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Cheelee (CHEEL): $35.96M
Sipher (SIPHER): $3.58M
ChainGPT (CGPT): $1.08M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Finoa $15M strategic round led by Maven 11 Capital and Balderton Capital
AI Arena $6M funding round led by Framework Ventures
Altitude $4M Seed round with participation from GSR and New Form Capital
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $88.3B
Aggregated Open Interest — $12.2B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
zkSync Era Remains Most Popular Layer 2 Blockchain
zkSync Era is the leader among the top Layer 2 blockchains in terms of 7-day average daily active addresses:
zkSync Era - 388K
Arbitrum - 157K
Optimism - 69K
Linea - 68K
StarkNet - 64K
Base - 63K
Scroll - 46K
👉️️ https://cryptorank.io/tags/layer-2
Top 15 DeFi Projects by 30D Active Users
PancakeSwap - 1.79M
SyncSwap - 1.24M
Uniswap - 743K
Stargate - 730K
Jupiter - 680К
Raydium - 492K
Velocore - 426K
Odos - 403K
Maverick Protocol - 342K
Mute - 299K
0x Protocol - 281K
MeanFi - 277K
SpaceFi - 276K
WOOFI - 244K
1inch - 230K
👉 https://cryptorank.io/categories/defi
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades above $46K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in green zone:
Solana +13%
Avalanche +11.8%
Cardano +7.89%
Market capitalization: $1.80T (+5.41%)
The BTC dominance: 50.89% (+0.85%)
Fear & Greed Index: 76 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
dogwifhat (WIF) +87.4%
Solidus (AITECH) +62.5%
Ordiswap (ORDS) +46.9%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
GMT (GMT): $35.96M
Optimism (OP): $3.58M
Origin Protocol (OGN): $1.08M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Saros Finance $3.75 Funding round with participation from The Spartan Group and Hashed Fund
Maalexi $3M Pre-series A round led by Global Ventures
CharacterX $2.8M Seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Digital Capital and INCE Capital
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $88.3B
Aggregated Open Interest — $12.2B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Spot Bitcoin ETF Issuers File Amended S-1 Applications
Multiple applicants for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) have been rushing to file their final Form S-1 amendments to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, Jan. 8, as expected.
👉 https://cointelegraph.com/news/spot-bitcoin-etf-issuers-file-s1-filings-as-expected
Crypto News Weekly Recap #184 📣
— Spot Bitcoin ETF approval is expected between Jan 8th and Jan 10th
— SEC wants to leverage Terraform court victory in case against Coinbase
— Celsius to unstake ETH holdings for creditors to ‘ensure ample liquidity’
— VanEck pledges 5% of potential spot BTC ETF profits to Bitcoin core developers at Brink
— Nasdaq files fresh forms for BlackRock and Valkyrie spot bitcoin funds
— Visa announces web3 loyalty rewards partnership with SmartMedia Technologies
— Coinbase plans acquisition to expand derivatives offering in EU
— Japan’s e-commerce giant Mercari plans to accept BTC payments
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news
Top 10 Gainers of the Week 📈
ApeX Protocol +358.7%
ConstitutionDAO +318.5%
Sponge +155%
GamerCoin +135.8%
Legends of Elumia +133%
Kryptonite +131.9%
Alephium +115.8%
Solidus +111.4%
Creo Engine +84.1%
Tectum +81.7%
👉 https://cryptorank.io/performance
Top 7 Token Unlocks of the Upcoming Week
The following tokens with the largest unlock amount will be unlocked next week:
Aptos - $229.45M
Cheelee - $58.07M
Internet Computer - $40.10M
GMT - $30.09M
Ethereum Name Service - $19.35M
Oasys Games - $18.45M
Games For A Living - $9.02M
👉 https://cryptorank.io/token-unlock
Top 15 Launchpads By Raised Amounts in Q4 2023
Camelot - $34.1M
Coinlist - $27.9M
KuCoin Spotlight - $23.5M
OKX Jumpstart - $23.2M
DAO Maker - $11.4M
Seedify - $7.5M
Binance - $7.5M
Kommunitas - $6.3M
Gate.io Startup - $5.9M
Poolz Finance - $5.6M
Spores Network - $5.5M
Republic - $4.5M
Bybit - $3.9M
Enjinstarter - $3.4M
Impossible Finance - $3M
👉https://cryptorank.io/ico-analytics
📈 Top 7 Projects In Terms of ROI Since ICO on CoinList
The current average return of ICOs on Coinlist now is 9.57x, at the same time, ATH average return is 62.8x🔝
What are your predictions for the Subsquid? 🤔 Share your opinion in the comments below.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/fundraising-platforms/coinlist
About $500M of Positions Gets Liquidated As BTC Falls Below $41,000
Due to the recent fall in price of Bitcoin about $500M in longs and shorts was liquidated from the leading derivatives exchanges in the last hour:
- $250M on OKX;
- $130M on Binance;
- $79M on HTX;
- $21M on Bybit;
- $18.6M on CoinEx.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/derivatives-analytics/bitcoin
The Latest Breaking News 📣
— SEC approves Spot Bitcoin ETF
— Ripple initiating $285M shares buyback that values company at $11B
— Robinhood plans to list spot bitcoin ETFs as quickly as it can
— Hong Kong lawmaker calls for swift action following US spot Bitcoin ETF approval
— South Korea reiterates ban on crypto ETFs despite US approval
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news
SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETF
The Securities and Exchange Commission has published a document stating the approval of the first Spot Bitcoin ETF.
👉https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1745184607421477312
📈 Top 10 Non–EVM Blockchains by 30D TVL Growth
Cosmos +892%
ICP +727%
Sei +334%
Stacks +149%
Persistence +145%
Alephium +129%
Juno +124%
Waves +119%
Tezos +117%
Injective +109%
👉 https://cryptorank.io/categories/chain
The Latest Breaking News 📣
— SEC X's account compromised, spreads false news on Bitcoin ETF approval
— SEC will work with law enforcement following ‘unauthorized access’ to X account
— Fidelity lowers proposed spot Bitcoin ETF fee to 0.25% amid fee race
— BitGo obtains in-principle approval in Singapore for digital asset license
— Crypto OTC volumes on Wintermute soared 400% in 2023
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news
⚡️ SEC X's Account Compromised, Spreads False News on Bitcoin ETF Approval
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a statement regarding the approval of #Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).
However, it was discovered that the @SECGov X account was compromised, leading to an unauthorized tweet.
The SEC has clarified that they have not approved the listing and trading of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded products.
👉 https://x.com/garygensler/status/1744833049064288387?s=46&t=0kEtp7M29ov5IRUYfIeIlQ
Top 15 Blockchains by Total Transactions Number in 2023
Solana - 7.3B
TRON - 2.3B
BNB Chain - 1.4B
Polygon - 1.1B
Sui - 1.0B
Ethereum - 383M
NEAR Protocol - 370M
Arbitrum - 275M
zkSync Era - 218M
Avalanche - 217M
Flow - 191M
Bitcoin - 153M
Optimism - 135M
Fantom - 131M
Aptos - 111M
👉 https://cryptorank.io/categories/chain
The Latest Breaking News 📣
— BTC blasts past $47K as Bitcoin ETF excitement gets feverish
— Bitwise tops Bitcoin ETF low-fee Table, while Grayscale bets on size
— VanEck seeds potential spot Bitcoin ETF with $72.5M, while Bitwise lines up $200M of interest
— Starknet approves vote to add ability to use STRK token for paying transaction fees
— Upbit Singapore wins full digital asset license from MAS
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news
🔥 Confirmed Airdrops for 2024
The coming year will see a wave of highly anticipated token releases. The community is eagerly anticipating ZRO, STRK, and zkSync tokens. However, there are at least six projects that already have announced airdrops.
To learn more, read the full article:
👉 https://cryptorank.io/insights/analytics/confirmed-airdrops-2024
🚀 The 10 Most Popular IDO Launchpads on CryptoRank in 2023
ChainGPT Pad - 2 940 179
Poolz Finance - 1 480 042
DAO Maker - 1 250 926
Seedify - 850 162
Enjinstarter - 371 405
BullStarter - 339 028
WePad - 320 610
Decubate - 272 739
Singularity DAO - 234 826
Kommunitas - 183 275
👉https://cryptorank.io/fundraising-platforms
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades above $44K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in red zone:
Avalanche -6.68%
Cardano -6.62%
Solana -4.96%
Market capitalization: $1.70T (-1.87%)
The BTC dominance: 50.46% (+1.36%)
Fear & Greed Index: 71 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
Sponge (SPONGE) +40.5%
Dogechain (DC) +26.1%
ATOR Protocol (ATOR) +56.1%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Hypercycle (HYPC): $20.59M
Ethereum Name Service (ENS): $20.3M
KAP Games (KAP): $5.16M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Bracket Labs $2M Pre Seed round with participation from Binance Labs and NGC Ventures
PowerPod $1M Seed round led by Waterdrip Capital
DeMR Strategic round with participation from KuCoin Labs
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $43.5B
Aggregated Open Interest — $11.2B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades above $44K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in green zone:
Avalanche +1.06%
XRP +0.94%
Bitcoin +0.88%
Market capitalization: $1.74T (+1.24%)
The BTC dominance: 49.87% (+0.13%)
Fear & Greed Index: 71 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
analoS ANALOS +69.3%
GamerCoin GHX +60.8%
Mask Network MASK +56.1%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Myria (MYRIA): $6.41M
Hashflow (HFT): $5.54M
WiFi Map (WIFI): $4.97M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Bracket Labs $2M Pre Seed round with participation from Binance Labs and NGC Ventures
PowerPod $1M Seed round led by Waterdrip Capital
DeMR Strategic round with participation from KuCoin Labs
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $25.9B
Aggregated Open Interest — $11.3B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades above $43K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in red zone:
Avalanche -7.74%
Solana -6.63%
Cardano -5.29%
Market capitalization: $1.72T (-1.55%)
The BTC dominance: 49.80% (+0.99%)
Fear & Greed Index: 70 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
Uquid Coin (UQC) +119%
ConstitutionDAO (PEOPLE) +63.7%
Myro ($MYRO) +59.7%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Optimism (OP): $3.77M
Inspect (INSP): $2.27M
Blur (BLUR): $1.04M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Bracket Labs $2M Pre Seed round with participation from Binance Labs and NGC Ventures
Gelato funding round led by IOSG
PowerPod $1M Seed round led by Waterdrip Capital
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $53.4B
Aggregated Open Interest — $11.2B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Bitget will list Ordiswap (ORDS) and ZKfair (ZKF)
Bitget has announced that Ordiswap (ORDS) will be listed in the Innovation Zone, DeFi Zone and BTC Ecosystem Zone. Spot Grid Trading will go live within 24 hours after the listing. Withdrawal will be available on January 6, 11:00 (UTC).
👉 https://www.bitget.com/support/articles/12560603803115
Also ZKfair (ZKF) will be listed on Bitget. Users have a chance to join the Launchpool promotion and grab a share of 28,000,000 ZKF! Promotion period: 6:00,4th Jan – 6:00, 6th Jan (UTC).
👉 https://www.bitget.com/support/articles/12560603802947
📈Market Overview
Bitcoin price trades above $43K. The top-10 cryptos are traded in different directions:
Bitcoin +1.45%
Ethereum +0.95%
Cardano -1.48%
Market capitalization: $1.75T (+0.84%)
The BTC dominance: 49.23% (+0.67%)
Fear & Greed Index: 72 (Greed)
👉 Top Gainers
BLOCKv (VEE) +923%
HAPI (HAPI) +50.4%
Myro ($MYRO) +36.7%
👉 Today's Token Unlocks
Optimism (OP): $3.77M
Work X (WORK): $2.61M
Galxe (GAL): $2.20M
👉 Recent Funding Round
Memecoin funding round with participation from Binance Labs
ISSP strategic round with participation from KuCoin Labs
Solscan M&A round with participation from Etherscan
BTC Futures
Aggregated Volume — $73.7B
Aggregated Open Interest — $11.2B
👉 Derivatives Market Analytics
Crypto Market Recap 2023: Narratives and News 🚀
This year has been filled with positive news and strong narratives for the crypto market. It began with a positive sentiment and witnessed growth, along with important events and developments. Let's explore the main narratives that unfolded in 2023!
Key topics covered in our recap:
🔹 Airdrops: The biggest opportunity of the year?
🔹 Bitcoin ETF: The trigger for the bull run
🔹 AI Tokens: A breakthrough in technology?
🔹 Blockchains Craze: How developers shifted to working on blockchains
🔹 Ordinals, BRC-20, and memecoins
🔹 SocialFi: A key to bridging users from web2 to web3?
🔹 Justice for crypto
Additionally, we have made three predictions for the upcoming year. Follow the link below to learn more!
👉https://cryptorank.io/insights/reports/crypto-market-recap-2023-narratives-and-news